alegar
Portuguese, verb/a.leˈɡa(ʁ)/
alegar is spelled A-L-E-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,653rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alegar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to claim, allege” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “citar”.
What does alegar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to claim, allege
- 2
to plead
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. citar 2. apresentar como prova
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alegar
- alego first-person present singular
- aleguei first-person preterite singular
- alegado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- alegares infinitive second-person singular
- alegarmos first-person infinitive plural
- alegardes infinitive plural second-person
- alegarem infinitive plural third-person
- alegando gerund
- alegados masculine participle past
- alegada feminine participle past
- alegadas feminine participle past
- alegas indicative present second-person
- alega indicative present singular
- alegamos first-person indicative plural
- alegais indicative plural present
- alegam indicative plural present
- alegava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alegar?
- Brazil /a.leˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.leˈɡa(h)]
- /a.leˈɡa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alegar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alegar in Portuguese?
alegar appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).